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''The Tripods'' is a television adaptation of John Christopher's ''The Tripods'' series of novels. It was jointly produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and the Seven Network in Australia. The music soundtrack was written by Ken Freeman. Series one of ''The Tripods'', broadcast in 1984, which had 13 half-hour episodes written by the author of many radio plays Alick Rowe, covers the first book, ''The White Mountains''; the 12-episode second series (1985) covers ''The City of Gold and Lead''. Although a television script had been written for the third series, it never went into production. The first series was released on both VHS and DVD. The BBC released ''Tripods — The Complete Series 1 & 2'' on DVD in March 2009. The series introduced several minor changes from the book, notably the shape of the Masters and Tripods, which have tentacles (although the Tripods do have a mechanical claw-arm that they sometimes use) in the book; the Black Guard was introduced to serve as a tangible human antagonist as overuse of the Tripods themselves would be expensive to film and undermine their dramatic presence; gravity inside the Golden City was increased artificially, which is not mentioned in the TV series; the introduction of "cognoscs", spiritual life-forms vastly superior to the Masters themselves; and more other main characters, including love interests for both Will and Beanpole. The original texts have few female characters. John Christopher was asked about this for an interview on ''Wordcandy'',〔(Wordcandy review of ''The White Mountains'' )〕 replying that at the time of writing the series, it was generally accepted that girls would read books with boy main characters, but not vice versa. He also stated that he felt the addition of an entire family of girls to the TV series was somewhat "over the top".〔 The series is also notable for featuring non-humanoid aliens, which was uncommon at the time. Charlotte Long, who played Will's love interest Eloise, died in a car crash shortly after the start of transmission of the first series. For the second series, the role was briefly recast, with Cindy Shelley appearing as Eloise during a dream sequence. ==Filming locations== The following is a list of fictional locations in the show, the series, the episode in which the location appeared, and the actual location (all in the UK except where shown): *Village of Wherton and mill pond (series 1,episode 1) - Friday Street *Parker Family mill (series 1, episode 1) - Headley Mill, Hampshire *Vagrant Bridge (series 1, episode 1) - Gutte Pond Bridge, Wotton Estate, Wotton, Surrey *Tomb location (series 1, episode 1) - Evelyn Mausoleum, Brickyard Lane, Wotton, Surrey 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Evelyn Mausoleum )〕 *Rhymney (series 1, episodes 1,2) - Charlestown Harbour, Charlestown, Cornwall *cave entrance (series 1 episode 3) - Charlestown Harbour, Charlestown, Cornwall 〔 *Airfield control tower (series 1, episode 4) - Radlett Field, Frogmore *Metro station entrance (series 1, episode 4) - Intersection of Cornhill and Threadneedle Street, London *The Chateau Ricordeau (series 1, episodes 5-8) - Saltwood Castle, Hythe, Kent 〔 *Canal "chemin de fer" (series 1, episodes 8) - Section of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, Gloucester 〔 *Tunnel "exterior shots" (series 1, episodes 9) - Windsor Hill Tunnel, New tunnel, North portal, Downside *Tunnel "interior shots" (series 1, episode 9) - Highgate Tunnel, Holmesdale Road, Highgate, London *Vichot's Vineyard (series 1, episodes 9,10) - Wootton Vineyard, North Wotton 〔 *water fall/creek crossing (series 1, episode 11) - Swallow Falls, Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd, Wales 〔 *viaduct (series 1, episodes 11,12) - Pensford Viaduct, Pensford 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pensford Viaduct )〕 *French festival location (series 1, episode 11) - Haughmond Abbey ruins, Uffington, Oxfordshire 〔 *French village archway (series 1, episode 11) - Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales 〔 *French village court house (series 1, episode 11) - Court room scenes were shot inside Town Hall in the Hercules room, Portmeirion, Gwynedd, Wales 〔 *Stone quarry building (series 1, episode 12) - floor six mill, Diffwys slate quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales *Stone hut (series 1, episode 12) - Diffwys slate quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales *Black pipeline/interrogation building (series 1, episode 13) - Lake llyn Cowlyd, Trefriw, Wales *Alpine chapel (series 2, episodes 1,12) - St-Jean, Switzerland 〔 *Boxing ring (series 2, episode 1) - Lake Ffynnon Llugwy, Wales *Freemen camp (series 2, episodes 1,12) - Lake Ffynnon Llugwy, Wales *Swiss capping site (series 2, episode 1) - Rue du Village, Grimentz, Switzerland 〔 *Ship graveyard (series 2, episode 2) - Purton Ship Graveyard, Purton 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Friends of Purton )〕 *(docks ) where the boys find the barge ''Erlkoenig'' (series 2, episode 2) - Victoria Basin of the Gloucester Docks, Gloucester 〔 *(docks ) where the barge ''Erlkonig'' is moored (series 2, episode 2) - Lydney docks and harbour, Lydney *The Pit (series 2, episode 2) - Town Hall Square, Unterseen, Switzerland *(docks ) Will and Beanpole meet Zerlina and Papagena (series 2, episode 3) - Lake Thun Next to Oberhofen Castle, Oberhofen, Switzerland *Church clock tower (series 2, episode 3) - St Mauricius Church, Thun, Switzerland *Will and Beanpole are chased into alley by Black Guards after Will escapes from the pit (series 2, episode 3) - Alley off of Spielmatte Strasse, Unterseen, Switzerland *Will and Beanpole are chased by black guards after Will escapes from the pit (series 2, episode 3) - Oberhofen Castle, Oberhofen, Switzerland *Will and Beanpole miss the barge to the games (series 2, episode 3) - Lydney docks and Harbor on the River Severn, Lydney *Derelict house where girls scare boys (series 2, episodes 4,11) - Gwylfa Hiraethog, (former hunting lodge), Wales *Games stadium (series 2, episode 4) - Former site of White City Stadium at Trafford, Manchester 〔 *Gardens in City of Gold (series 2, episodes 6,7) - The Barbican conservatory, Barbican Centre, London *City of Gold interior shots (series 2, episodes 7-10) - Dinorwig power station, Wales *Beanpole rescues Will from river (series 2, episode 11) - River Wye. The house is known as "The Gatehouse" and was formerly "the Boatman's Rest", Hole-in-the-Wall.〔 *Market where Beanpole tries to sell chess pieces (series 2, episode 11) - City Hall Plaza, Thun, Switzerland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Tripods (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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